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In response to a letter to the editor from Robert N. Parks regarding the U.S. deficit, the economy in the toilet, Medicare funds, the decimated military, and the fact that other leaders think President Obama is a coward, I would like to say I agree with him totally, except for one thing: The name of the president is not Obama, it is George W. Bush. Remember him? He is the one who created all these disasters, and we will be paying for them for a long time to come. Michelle Heydt Lower Macungie Township

It's fascinating how we treat our veterans in the USA. All the speeches President Obama gives are nothing but drivel. He should quit handing out medals and straighten this problem out. All the president has to do is draft an executive order saying this: "With proper ID, every vet in the USA will from this day forth be able to enter any hospital in the USA and show his or her ID card and get complete coverage no matter what his or her needs are....

Oregon State announced Monday that it fired coach Craig Robinson. Robinson went 93-104 in six seasons without making an NCAA Tournament or NIT. He still had three years left on his contract. The school will pay him a $4 million buyout. "I want to thank Coach Robinson and his family for their contributions to Oregon State University," athletic director Bob De Carolis said in a statement. "This was a difficult decision, but after further evaluation, I believe it is in the best interests of our student-athletes, our basketball program and our University.

In the Philippines this week, President Obama took a cheap shot at critics of his foreign policy. "Why is it," the president pondered at a news conference, "that everybody is so eager to use military force after we've just gone through a decade of war at enormous costs to our troops and to our budget?" But who is banging the shield, demanding war? Critics of the president's foreign policy have ranged from human rights activists on the political left to congressional Republicans on the right.

I not only feel that Kathleen Sebelius should have resigned immediately when the rollout of the Affordable Care Act failed miserably, but I also truly believe that she should have never been appointed to that position in the first place. She obviously was in over her head with this appointment, but this seems to be a constant practice of our president to appoint almost all females to positions that many are not qualified for. If you look up President Obama's record on almost all of his female appointments, you will find this information to be true.

On Thursday, President Barack Obama joined other dignitaries at a civil rights summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's signature accomplishment as president passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. And in a nod to the shoulders that he stands on, Obama said, "I have lived out the promise of LBJ's efforts. " But some Americans, particularly those who lived through LBJ's presidency, wish that President Obama not only reaped the rewards of President Johnson's leadership but also led more like him. And to that point, I recently attended the critically acclaimed Broadway play "All the Way," in which "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston portrays the president during the year in which he struggled and eventually triumphed in his efforts to pass the Civil Rights Act. Seeing the production, two things became obvious: Cranston will get a Tony Award nomination for his performance, and the president he portrays is very different from the president we have today.

Your report on President Obama again using his pen to ensure equal pay for equal work omitted one important detail. Will it also ensure the female staffers at the White House, who currently are paid 88 percent of what their male counterparts make, be included? Complete and honest reporting is paramount to democracy; tragically most news media are more interested in providing cover for their favorites than completely reporting all the facts. Mark Porcaro Lower Mt. Bethel Township

I hope there are others like me who find it awfully hard to believe that on the very last day to sign up for Obamacare the White House magically reached its goal of 7 million. Of course, no one mentions the 6.1 million people who lost their insurance because of Obamacare. Forcing people to buy something they don't want or need or face a fine sure isn't the American way, at least not the America I knew before President Obama took office. Obamacare was forced down the American people's throats without one Republican vote.

Whether one likes President Obama's conduct of foreign policy or not, the common assumption is that the administration is at least giving the American people the foreign policy they want. The majority of Americans have opposed any meaningful U.S. role in Syria, have wanted to lessen U.S. involvement in the Middle East generally, are eager to see the "tide of war" recede and would like to focus on "nation-building at home. " Until now, the president generally has catered to and encouraged this public mood, so one presumes that he has succeeded, if nothing else, in gaining the public's approval.